1971 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Hawthorn were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Hawthorn were the premiers, with David Parkin as the premiership captain and John Kennedy as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1971 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 136

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ron Barassi
Collingwood Victoria Park Bob Rose
Essendon Windy Hill Johnny Birt
Fitzroy Junction Oval Graham Donaldson
Footscray Western Oval Ted Whitten
Geelong Kardinia Park Bill McMaster
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Ian Ridley
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Brian Dixon
Richmond MCG Tom Hafey Verdun Howell
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Norm Smith
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Allan Jeans

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: St Kilda
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Hawthorn 1st 19 -0- 3 76 153.7% 2,460 1,601 355 330 227 239
St Kilda 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 140.0% 2,176 1,554 310 316 221 228
Richmond 3rd 16 -0- 6 64 122.6% 2,318 1,890 335 308 269 276
Collingwood 4th 14 -1- 7 58 126.7% 2,331 1,840 340 291 265 250
Carlton 5th 14 -0- 8 56 104.4% 2,103 2,014 302 291 288 286
Fitzroy 6th 12 -0- 10 48 106.9% 2,047 1,915 285 337 275 265
Melbourne 7th 11 -1- 10 46 109.5% 1,962 1,791 277 300 256 255
Footscray 8th 11 -0- 11 44 88.7% 1,966 2,217 281 280 317 315
North Melbourne 9th 5 -1- 16 22 66.8% 1,705 2,551 240 265 367 349
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 17 20 82.1% 2,072 2,523 306 236 361 357
Essendon 11th 4 -1- 17 18 75.7% 1,705 2,252 239 271 322 320
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 19 12 69.9% 1,618 2,315 227 256 329 341

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hawthorn 1st Premiers
St Kilda 2nd Runners-Up
Richmond 3rd Defeated by St Kilda (Preliminary Final)
Collingwood 4th Defeated by Richmond (Semi Final)
Carlton 5th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 6th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 8th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 10th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 11th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 160 - 77 27,829
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 72 - 96 19,214
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 99 - 150 18,386
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 57 - 151 20,771
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 165 - 60 28,727
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 124 - 98 20,399

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 275.0% 165 60
St Kilda 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 264.9% 151 57
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 207.8% 160 77
Richmond 4th 1 -0- 0 4 151.5% 150 99
Hawthorn 5th 1 -0- 0 4 133.3% 96 72
North Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 126.5% 124 98
Carlton 7th 0 -0- 1 0 79.0% 98 124
Essendon 8th 0 -0- 1 0 75.0% 72 96
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 1 0 66.0% 99 150
Footscray 10th 0 -0- 1 0 48.1% 77 160
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 1 0 37.7% 57 151
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 36.4% 60 165

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/04/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 129 - 69 31,275
SAT 10/04/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 97 - 53 15,310
SAT 10/04/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 92 - 110 17,159
MON 12/04/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 63 - 107 20,707
MON 12/04/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 69 - 106 82,191
MON 12/04/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 108 - 80 24,174

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 221.1% 272 123
St Kilda 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 189.1% 259 137
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 182.2% 266 146
Hawthorn 4th 2 -0- 0 8 154.4% 193 125
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 1 4 117.6% 227 193
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 1 4 106.8% 219 205
North Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 99.0% 204 206
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 1 4 68.7% 167 243
Essendon 9th 0 -0- 2 0 62.7% 141 225
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 2 0 61.5% 152 247
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 55.3% 152 275
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 2 0 52.4% 140 267

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 66 - 66 22,421
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 128 - 94 8,696
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 99 - 93 15,003
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 115 - 107 14,094
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 127 - 100 43,785
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda VFL Park 68 - 49 33,576

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 178.9% 399 223
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 132.8% 308 232
Collingwood 3rd 2 -1- 0 10 156.6% 332 212
St Kilda 4th 2 -0- 1 8 150.2% 308 205
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 1 8 113.0% 287 254
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 2 4 102.2% 327 320
North Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 2 4 89.2% 298 334
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 2 4 82.1% 280 341
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 2 4 76.5% 274 358
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 2 4 66.4% 239 360
Essendon 11th 0 -1- 2 2 71.1% 207 291
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 65.5% 245 374

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 134 - 81 25,759
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 86 - 99 23,555
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 78 - 43 27,368
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 99 - 92 13,971
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 39 - 133 18,916
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 69 - 127 25,153

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 179.3% 477 266
Hawthorn 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 144.5% 435 301
Collingwood 3rd 3 -1- 0 14 159.0% 466 293
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 143.3% 420 293
St Kilda 5th 2 -0- 2 8 113.6% 377 332
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 2 8 104.9% 426 406
North Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 93.2% 397 426
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 3 4 78.8% 360 457
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 76.0% 361 475
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 3 4 72.1% 331 459
Essendon 11th 0 -1- 3 2 67.8% 250 369
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 56.0% 284 507

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 96 - 83 25,237
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 111 - 71 22,546
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 141 - 108 16,429
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 92 - 120 12,363
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne VFL Park 93 - 45 16,205
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 101 - 121 23,758

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 166.8% 597 358
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 152.6% 528 346
Collingwood 3rd 4 -1- 0 18 158.5% 577 364
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 2 12 125.8% 521 414
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 2 12 106.7% 522 489
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 3 8 107.5% 460 428
North Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 3 8 87.2% 468 537
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 3 8 80.7% 452 560
Essendon 9th 1 -1- 3 6 82.0% 391 477
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 4 4 78.3% 468 598
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 4 4 76.1% 453 595
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 54.8% 329 600

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 113 - 107 19,205
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy VFL Park 91 - 136 11,312
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 72 - 127 80,231
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 84 - 146 13,047
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 92 - 94 17,308
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 109 - 65 21,604

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -1- 0 22 161.5% 704 436
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 138.3% 635 459
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 137.9% 669 485
Richmond 4th 4 -0- 2 16 133.9% 667 498
Carlton 5th 4 -0- 2 16 106.0% 616 581
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 3 12 115.4% 569 493
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 3 12 84.7% 565 667
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 4 8 85.9% 589 686
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 80.8% 552 683
Essendon 10th 1 -1- 4 6 77.8% 456 586
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 5 4 76.2% 559 734
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 60.7% 421 694

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray VFL Park 91 - 79 29,199
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 106 - 92 25,525
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 89 - 105 17,055
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 82 - 92 17,673
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 145 - 78 22,976
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 149 - 104 21,069

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -1- 0 26 153.4% 810 528
Hawthorn 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 145.3% 780 537
Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 138.9% 818 589
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 2 20 107.1% 707 660
Richmond 5th 4 -0- 3 16 115.9% 745 643
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 3 16 115.0% 661 575
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 4 12 85.0% 644 758
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 5 8 86.2% 671 778
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 78.8% 656 832
Essendon 10th 1 -1- 5 6 78.9% 545 691
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 6 4 77.5% 651 840
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 6 4 67.2% 526 783

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 119 - 79 21,295
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 72 - 106 20,247
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 52 - 147 14,843
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 122 - 70 52,783
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 89 - 133 15,182
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 135 - 88 38,127

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 7 -0- 1 28 157.4% 927 589
Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 139.8% 924 661
Collingwood 3rd 6 -1- 1 26 135.4% 898 663
Richmond 4th 5 -0- 3 20 121.6% 867 713
St Kilda 5th 5 -0- 3 20 120.1% 796 663
Carlton 6th 5 -0- 3 20 99.4% 777 782
Footscray 7th 4 -0- 4 16 91.2% 763 837
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 5 12 92.7% 804 867
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 72.3% 708 979
Essendon 10th 1 -1- 6 6 77.0% 624 810
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 7 4 76.4% 723 946
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 7 4 67.1% 615 916

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 36 - 96 30,151
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 100 - 66 20,350
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond VFL Park 89 - 113 16,345
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 119 - 78 13,255
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 70 - 67 39,830
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 124 - 109 7,365

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 8 -0- 1 32 163.7% 1,023 625
Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 136.5% 994 728
Collingwood 3rd 7 -1- 1 30 136.9% 998 729
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 3 24 122.2% 980 802
St Kilda 5th 5 -0- 4 20 117.7% 863 733
Carlton 6th 5 -0- 4 20 92.6% 813 878
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 5 16 97.7% 923 945
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 5 16 88.0% 841 956
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 76.5% 832 1,088
Essendon 10th 1 -1- 7 6 77.2% 713 923
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 8 4 77.8% 832 1,070
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 8 4 67.0% 681 1,016

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 90 - 75 24,403
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 96 - 63 14,864
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong VFL Park 124 - 122 11,672
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 107 - 55 28,451
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 106 - 75 48,708
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 60 - 131 16,050

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 9 -0- 1 36 166.2% 1,130 680
Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 128.2% 1,069 834
Collingwood 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 126.0% 1,053 836
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 3 28 123.8% 1,086 877
St Kilda 5th 6 -0- 4 24 125.3% 994 793
Carlton 6th 6 -0- 4 24 94.8% 903 953
Footscray 7th 5 -0- 5 20 89.5% 965 1,078
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 6 16 96.4% 998 1,035
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 75.6% 895 1,184
Essendon 10th 2 -1- 7 10 82.0% 809 986
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 9 4 79.9% 954 1,194
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 9 4 64.6% 741 1,147

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 14/06/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 158 - 73 50,281
MON 14/06/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 115 - 57 14,212
MON 14/06/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 83 - 133 23,388
MON 14/06/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 74 - 94 52,256
MON 14/06/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 89 - 98 9,454
MON 14/06/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 118 - 59 22,486

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 1 40 162.3% 1,224 754
Collingwood 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 133.2% 1,211 909
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 127.0% 1,219 960
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 3 32 123.2% 1,143 928
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 4 28 130.5% 1,112 852
Carlton 6th 6 -0- 5 24 87.8% 976 1,111
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 6 20 101.9% 1,113 1,092
Footscray 8th 5 -0- 6 20 85.6% 1,024 1,196
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 8 12 76.8% 984 1,282
Essendon 10th 2 -1- 8 10 78.7% 866 1,101
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 9 8 67.9% 839 1,236
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 10 4 78.1% 1,037 1,327

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 114 - 23 14,011
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 63 - 46 21,188
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 104 - 71 12,219
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 47 - 65 24,831
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 18 - 49 12,492
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 99 - 21 14,181

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -0- 1 44 161.0% 1,328 825
Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 126.0% 1,192 946
Collingwood 3rd 8 -1- 3 34 129.3% 1,257 972
St Kilda 4th 8 -0- 4 32 138.7% 1,211 873
Richmond 5th 8 -0- 4 32 123.5% 1,266 1,025
Carlton 6th 7 -0- 5 28 96.1% 1,090 1,134
Fitzroy 7th 6 -0- 6 24 103.4% 1,178 1,139
Footscray 8th 6 -0- 6 24 87.5% 1,087 1,242
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 9 12 72.1% 1,007 1,396
Essendon 10th 2 -1- 9 10 77.8% 937 1,205
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 10 8 66.7% 857 1,285
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 11 4 74.2% 1,058 1,426

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 124 - 84 30,930
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 84 - 98 18,853
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn VFL Park 58 - 93 18,378
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 87 - 66 11,222
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 79 - 80 28,471
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 52 - 111 8,508

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -0- 1 48 160.9% 1,421 883
Collingwood 2nd 9 -1- 3 38 130.8% 1,381 1,056
St Kilda 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 142.9% 1,322 925
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 4 36 123.9% 1,271 1,026
Richmond 5th 8 -0- 5 32 117.5% 1,350 1,149
Carlton 6th 8 -0- 5 32 97.5% 1,188 1,218
Footscray 7th 7 -0- 6 28 88.3% 1,167 1,321
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 7 24 100.3% 1,236 1,232
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 10 12 70.3% 1,059 1,507
Essendon 10th 2 -1- 10 10 78.4% 1,021 1,303
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 11 8 76.7% 1,145 1,492
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 11 8 67.3% 923 1,372

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne VFL Park 88 - 72 27,506
SAT 03/07/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 200 - 53 26,829
SAT 03/07/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 84 - 103 14,733
SAT 03/07/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 89 - 82 8,777
SAT 03/07/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 123 - 125 13,325
SAT 03/07/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 87 - 90 28,825

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 1 52 157.6% 1,524 967
Collingwood 2nd 10 -1- 3 42 142.6% 1,581 1,109
St Kilda 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 138.8% 1,409 1,015
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 5 36 120.6% 1,343 1,114
Richmond 5th 9 -0- 5 36 116.5% 1,440 1,236
Carlton 6th 9 -0- 5 36 98.9% 1,276 1,290
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 6 32 89.5% 1,292 1,444
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 8 24 99.8% 1,318 1,321
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 10 16 72.2% 1,148 1,589
Essendon 10th 2 -1- 11 10 71.5% 1,074 1,503
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 12 8 77.1% 1,229 1,595
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 12 8 69.9% 1,046 1,497

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 141 - 104 21,356
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 78 - 89 14,093
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 84 - 102 24,926
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne VFL Park 163 - 71 10,073
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 125 - 102 22,542
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 90 - 79 22,870

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 1 56 154.3% 1,649 1,069
Collingwood 2nd 11 -1- 3 46 141.1% 1,683 1,193
Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 120.1% 1,432 1,192
Richmond 4th 10 -0- 5 40 116.3% 1,530 1,315
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 5 40 101.6% 1,417 1,394
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 6 36 132.5% 1,511 1,140
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 6 36 96.0% 1,455 1,515
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 9 24 98.5% 1,402 1,423
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 11 16 69.6% 1,219 1,752
Essendon 10th 2 -1- 12 10 72.4% 1,152 1,592
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 13 8 76.8% 1,333 1,736
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 13 8 70.9% 1,125 1,587

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 86 - 51 17,926
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon VFL Park 85 - 114 9,012
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 34 - 49 20,013
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 45 - 60 9,835
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 33 - 82 10,471
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 97 - 54 25,515

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 15 -0- 1 60 157.1% 1,731 1,102
Collingwood 2nd 12 -1- 3 50 140.8% 1,743 1,238
St Kilda 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 134.7% 1,608 1,194
Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 6 40 118.1% 1,466 1,241
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 6 40 112.8% 1,581 1,401
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 6 40 98.7% 1,471 1,491
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 6 40 98.4% 1,541 1,566
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 9 28 99.6% 1,451 1,457
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 12 16 69.8% 1,264 1,812
Essendon 10th 3 -1- 12 14 75.5% 1,266 1,677
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 14 8 76.6% 1,418 1,850
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 14 8 69.4% 1,158 1,669

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 160 - 73 17,338
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 84 - 78 27,243
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 50 - 99 15,273
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 139 - 76 8,899
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 154 - 39 21,979
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne VFL Park 169 - 79 11,406

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 1 64 165.2% 1,885 1,141
Collingwood 2nd 13 -1- 3 54 138.8% 1,827 1,316
St Kilda 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 137.2% 1,707 1,244
Richmond 4th 11 -0- 6 44 118.2% 1,750 1,480
Carlton 5th 11 -0- 6 44 104.3% 1,631 1,564
Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 7 40 116.5% 1,544 1,325
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 7 40 91.9% 1,580 1,720
Fitzroy 8th 8 -0- 9 32 103.7% 1,590 1,533
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 13 16 67.8% 1,343 1,981
Essendon 10th 3 -1- 13 14 74.1% 1,316 1,776
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 15 8 75.1% 1,494 1,989
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 15 8 67.3% 1,231 1,829

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 76 - 106 21,670
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 137 - 128 17,843
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 62 - 62 6,522
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 108 - 76 47,931
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 86 - 96 7,938
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy VFL Park 83 - 64 14,521

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 2 64 157.0% 1,961 1,249
Collingwood 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 134.5% 1,955 1,453
St Kilda 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 136.9% 1,790 1,308
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 6 48 119.4% 1,858 1,556
Carlton 5th 12 -0- 6 48 105.9% 1,737 1,640
Melbourne 6th 10 -1- 7 42 115.8% 1,606 1,387
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 8 40 90.7% 1,656 1,826
Fitzroy 8th 8 -0- 10 32 102.4% 1,654 1,616
Essendon 9th 4 -1- 13 18 75.8% 1,412 1,862
North Melbourne 10th 4 -1- 13 18 68.8% 1,405 2,043
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 15 12 77.0% 1,631 2,117
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 16 8 68.4% 1,317 1,925

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 58 - 101 36,267
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda VFL Park 58 - 79 46,285
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 65 - 66 13,862
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 83 - 58 8,253
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 154 - 62 9,122
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 125 - 62 23,017

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 2 68 161.3% 2,115 1,311
Collingwood 2nd 13 -1- 5 54 131.4% 2,013 1,532
St Kilda 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 136.8% 1,869 1,366
Richmond 4th 13 -0- 6 52 121.4% 1,959 1,614
Carlton 5th 12 -0- 7 48 103.1% 1,795 1,741
Melbourne 6th 11 -1- 7 46 119.5% 1,731 1,449
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 8 44 91.1% 1,722 1,891
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 10 36 103.8% 1,737 1,674
Essendon 9th 4 -1- 14 18 76.6% 1,477 1,928
North Melbourne 10th 4 -1- 14 18 66.8% 1,467 2,197
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 16 12 75.5% 1,693 2,242
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 17 8 68.5% 1,375 2,008

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 75 - 110 15,096
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 151 - 76 12,085
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 81 - 120 22,781
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 126 - 72 28,388
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 62 - 126 19,567
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 95 - 64 25,081

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 3 68 153.5% 2,196 1,431
Collingwood 2nd 14 -1- 5 58 134.2% 2,139 1,594
St Kilda 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 137.3% 1,964 1,430
Richmond 4th 14 -0- 6 56 123.7% 2,085 1,686
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 7 52 105.1% 1,915 1,822
Melbourne 6th 11 -1- 8 46 116.3% 1,795 1,544
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 9 44 89.8% 1,797 2,001
Fitzroy 8th 10 -0- 10 40 105.6% 1,847 1,749
Essendon 9th 4 -1- 15 18 75.4% 1,549 2,054
North Melbourne 10th 4 -1- 15 18 65.7% 1,543 2,348
Geelong 11th 4 -0- 16 16 79.6% 1,844 2,318
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 18 8 67.3% 1,437 2,134

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 105 - 140 41,312
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 105 - 82 22,413
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 126 - 95 17,864
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 102 - 123 37,732
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 103 - 72 8,732
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 122 - 50 16,205

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 18 -0- 3 72 152.1% 2,336 1,536
St Kilda 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 140.9% 2,086 1,480
Richmond 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 123.5% 2,208 1,788
Collingwood 4th 14 -1- 6 58 129.4% 2,244 1,734
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 8 52 103.6% 1,997 1,927
Melbourne 6th 11 -1- 9 46 113.8% 1,897 1,667
Fitzroy 7th 11 -0- 10 44 106.6% 1,952 1,831
Footscray 8th 11 -0- 10 44 89.0% 1,892 2,127
North Melbourne 9th 5 -1- 15 22 68.0% 1,646 2,420
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 16 20 81.6% 1,970 2,413
Essendon 11th 4 -1- 16 18 75.2% 1,621 2,157
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 19 8 65.9% 1,487 2,256

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 106 - 87 32,312
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 84 - 95 12,865
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 74 - 90 16,711
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 124 - 65 14,876
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 110 - 102 36,423
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 131 - 59 9,255

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 19 -0- 3 76 153.7% 2,460 1,601
St Kilda 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 140.0% 2,176 1,554
Richmond 3rd 16 -0- 6 64 122.6% 2,318 1,890
Collingwood 4th 14 -1- 7 58 126.7% 2,331 1,840
Carlton 5th 14 -0- 8 56 104.4% 2,103 2,014
Fitzroy 6th 12 -0- 10 48 106.9% 2,047 1,915
Melbourne 7th 11 -1- 10 46 109.5% 1,962 1,791
Footscray 8th 11 -0- 11 44 88.7% 1,966 2,217
North Melbourne 9th 5 -1- 16 22 66.8% 1,705 2,551
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 17 20 82.1% 2,072 2,523
Essendon 11th 4 -1- 17 18 75.7% 1,705 2,252
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 19 12 69.9% 1,618 2,315

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1971 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 121 - 77 99,771
SAT 11/09/1971 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda MCG 90 - 88 99,822

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1971 2:30 PM St Kilda v Richmond MCG 108 - 78 102,494

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1971 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda MCG 82 - 75 118,192